Browning Buckmark Camper

[WNY_Whitetailer]

Well I bit the bullet and went with the Browning Buckmark Camper. It comes with open sites and a 5.5" bull barrel. I purchased it from Gander Mtn for $239.99. I took it home and locked it up for the night in my gun cabinet all safe and sound.

The next day I took it of the cabinet to head to the range. I grabbed a couple hand guns including my 9mm and the Buckmark wanting to send a couple hundred rounds down range. Well...Here is where the trouble started. I loaded a couple 22lr bullets into the Buckmark's magazine and attempted to chamber a round. Well, the round would not enter the barrel and kept popping out the discharge and falling on the floor. I tried to chamber another round and the same thing happened. At this time I removed the magazine and locked the slide in the rearmost position. I examined the breech area on the handgun and found out that the firing pin had been machined a little too long. The firing pin had damaged the rear of the barrel in the breech area and caused a deformation of the rear of the barrel. There was a bur protruding down into the area that would normally house the bullet before the trigger was pulled on a live round. This is the reason that a round would not chamber.

I returned to Gander Mtn that same day and spoke to the person that sold me the gun. He filled out a form for the Gunsmith and informed me that he would have the smith call me on Monday to let me know the outcome of his examination. Well, on Tuesday I received a call stating that the Buckmark is on its way back to Browning. Oh boy...Not I have to wait longer to go after those squirrels...Hopefully the turnaround time at Browning is a short one. I am excited to get my red dot mounted and head to the range for some triggertime...I have my Weigand Scope Mount waiting to go on the gun.

I'll let you all know how it shoots once the gun is back in my hands...

[hangunnr]

Re: Browning Buckmark Camper

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I examined the breech area on the handgun and found out that the firing pin had been machined a little too long. The firing pin had damaged the rear of the barrel in the breech area and caused a deformation of the rear of the barrel. There was a bur protruding down into the area that would normally house the bullet before the trigger was pulled on a live round. This is the reason that a round would not chamber.

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What you described is caused by excessive dry firing the gun. If the firing pin was too long the gun would go full auto. It would act as a slam fire weapon. (not good)

The easy fix for ironing out the burr is to have the gunsmith tap in a swage made for this purpose.

This is a very common problem for rimfire guns. I would suggest that if you purchase from a place like GM would be to have them get you a brand new gun from their stock and pass on one they have in the showcase. It'll make you sick seeing how some of the idiots handle the guns.

With that said...........

Enjoy your Buckmark. They can be real good shooters. I still have my first one.

hangunnr